Beyond the Mental Fortress

And so it is with all things in this life,

We pass unknowing through the doors of fate

Or seeming chance directs our every move,

We choose to be alone or congregate

With others of our kind, the rest we shun

Closing the doors of consciousness and light

And shut the system down to ease our fears

Of the unknown, we have lost the grace of flight.

Seldom do we hear and rarely see

With the attentive sense that once was ours.

We have sacrificed so much yet have not grown

Beyond the mental fortress and its towers

Built with airy, crumbling blocks of dream.

O light that cleaves the darkness of our days

Illume the covert corners of the self

Descend in us and set our souls ablaze.